At length a treaty, in terms unfavourable to the Moslems, but in fact a victory won by.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference

Lastly, it is alleged that the presiding judge summed up in terms unfavourable to the Repealers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference

The conditions which have been described as unfavourable to intellectual production are not necessarily permanent, and the time will probably come when the Europeans of South.    From Wordnik.com.  [Impressions of South Africa] Reference

Saying something unfavourable is “caused” by one’s genes is a great way to excuse bad impulse control, and my inner Calvinist wants to tear her hair out in frustration.    From Wordnik.com.  [ProWomanProLife » Why am I so skeptical?] Reference

'traitorous to the King,' that is to say unfavourable to the candidature of James.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raleigh] Reference

Henderson said "unfavourable" market conditions contributed £3.1 billion of that decline, eroding the value of the assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Henderson unit's CEO,] Reference

His "unfavourable" rating surged to 57 percent from eight percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News] Reference

The operations at sea were being carried out in "unfavourable" weather, the spokesmen said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

The firm also forecasted an "unfavourable" combined cocoa sales ratio for the months ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [FoodNavigator RSS] Reference

"unfavourable" balance with the United States of the same amount.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Canadian Economy and Its International Aspects] Reference

These conditions are frequently so unfavourable in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference

Action of superphosphate sometimes unfavourable 395.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Reasons of the unfavourable results of this proceeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

It thus permits the process to go on in unfavourable conditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

The first two, opened last week, have attracted some unfavourable reviews.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cycles at dawn] Reference

Subject the food to conditions which are unfavourable for bacterial growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference

Others say that a mist is unfavourable only with the new moon, not with the old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moon Lore] Reference

Even the finest instruments fail when observational conditions are unfavourable!.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference

Aroma, like colour, is a favourable or unfavourable sign, agreeable or disagreeable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference

Mr. Bagehot dwells exclusively upon the unfavourable incidents of a royal education.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference

The bay is an unfavourable one, being exposed to the "worst winds of the worst season.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference

The banks would only change tiny amounts of dollars at a horrendously unfavourable rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appreciation: Murray Sayle obituary] Reference

America, favourable and unfavourable, surprised us by the scholarly knowledge it displayed.    From Wordnik.com.  [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference

In the second way, conditions are made unfavourable to the bacteria in the food, as follows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference

Agency, Regent Street, West, in handling films often used under very unfavourable conditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

But his masterpiece, notwithstanding all unfavourable criticism, is the Houses of Parliament at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

The tea-leaf symbols are obstinately unfavourable, and display ominous signs of forthcoming sorrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference

After a stay of three days in this pretty little spot, we started, under very unfavourable circumstances.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference

When people hear of unfavourable weather, too much sun, rain, wind, or too little, they very sensibly smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference

The lower the condition of its possessor the more unfavourable, generally, has been the effect of genius on his life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference

Favourable weather; unusual and interesting events; to lovers it is an unfavourable omen of separation and blighted hope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference

From this observed fact we drew conclusions unfavourable to the general appearance and presentability of the Mytilenian ladies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference

Excellency's speech from the throne, allusion was made to the unfavourable posture of affairs with America; to the revolution in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference

The situation in which he and his master were confined, was in some respects not unfavourable to the prosecution of such a scheme.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People] Reference

I now hasten, my dear Clare, to entreat you will not allow your kind resolves of coming to visit us to take an unfavourable change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference

They wanted to signal a new beginning and rid themselves of the stigma and unfavourable comparisons with their illustrious predecessors.    From Wordnik.com.  [No point getting shirty over England's new-look kit] Reference